КОНТРОЛЬНАЯ РАБОТА ПО АНГЛИЙСКОМУ ЯЗЫКУ. Санкт-Петербург.

1. This is a contract of employment. 2. That woman is a member of the
jury. 3. This man is not a lawyer. 4. His petition is on my table. 5. What is
the difference between a lower court and a higher court?

The English legal profession is divided into two main groups whose
training (after the university) and practice are different – solicitors and
barristers. The most popular definition of the distinction between solicitors
and barristers is that barristers do the court work and solicitors do the
office work.

Solicitors are the general practitioners of the English legal system.
They are automatically officers of the court. If you need legal advice, you
visit a solicitor first. If you need an advocate in court or the solicitor does
not have sufficient knowledge about the relevant area of law, the solicitor
will ask a barrister to take on the advocacy or to advise further.

Solicitors are regulated by the Law Society.

Most solicitors work together in partnerships. Training consists of one
year at a law school, two years paid placement in a firm of solicitors and a
minimum amount of continuing professional education each year. As a trainee
solicitor it is possible to obtain a paid position even before qualifying.

Barristers are regulated by the Bar Council.

Barristers are the consultants of the English legal system. They are the
only ones who appear in the appeal courts and in most cases in the High Court.
Most specialize in particular areas of the law such as Crime, Family or
Personal Injury. If you want advice from a barrister, you must go to a
solicitor first because barristers are not allowed to have direct access to
clients except in limited circumstances.

Training consists of one year at a bar school or on another approved
course, one year’s placement with a barrister and a minimum amount of
continuing professional education each year. The young would-be barrister has
the least chance of earning anything before he qualifies, he must obtain a seat
in chambers from which he tries to build up a practice.

All barristers are sole practitioners but they gather together to share facilities
and expenses. The place where a group of barristers gathers together in this
way is known as barristers’ chambers.